The Republican journal., 1887-01-06


rebel garrison which had come out from Jack
son to resist and if possible check the advance
of the Union army. Having occupied the
| city. the forces next day passed along the rail
| road toward Vicksburg to engage Pemberton's
troops, which had left that post to attack
Grant in the rear.
On the 10th of May Logan took part in the
battle near Edwards Station. After IA terrible
| contest of several hours the enemy were driv-
en- from the field, even before the reinforce
| ments under McClernand could come up. The
| rebels lost heavily in killed, wounded, prison.
| ers and artillery. General Grant in his report
states that this ''batte of Champions Hill, or
Bakers Creek was fought mainly by the di-
| visions under Generals Logan, Hovey and
| Crocker.
On the 18th of May the army crossed the
Black River, the forces of which General Lo-
gan formed part building and guarding the
| floating bridges over which they passed. The
| army then moved toward Walnut Hills, Gem
eral Logan's forces guarding the Black River
| for some time afterWar,l.
OCCUPATION OF vICKsBJRG.
On the 81 of July, 1868, the forces at Vicks-
| burg capituated, and the next morning the
| Union troops took possession. General Logan
| was then by general order made Military Gov
| ernor of Nicksburg and placed in full COM
mand of the city and its defences, as well as
all the troops of the post. He at once proper
| ly policed the city, established Il provost mar
| shars court, and issued regulations for trade.
| His jurisdiction at Vicksburg gave great salts
| faction to both the citizens and to the general
| government.
When Grant was sent to the Army of the
| Potomac and yielded to Sherman the command
| of the Division of the Mississippi Logan sue
| cecded the latter as commander of the famous
| Fifteenth Army corps, and followed Sherman
| in the march to the sea. In the desperate as
sault upon Hood at Atlanta Logan fought as
| he never fought before, and when Mcpherson
| fell he took command of the Army of the Ten
| nes>ee. and with re>i>less fury avenged the
| death Of the beloved commander
The displacement of Logan from position
which he had earned and the promotion of
| Howard to McPherson's place was Il blow
| from which the General never could recover.
| 1t came very near dcpriving the army of one
of its most gallant and valuable officers. He
considered it a cruel and uncalled for humilia-
ton, and but for the entreaties of friends
| would have rendered his resignation. But he
remained with the army until the evacuation
| of Atlanta, when he Went to Illinois to stump
the State for Lincoln. After the election he
| returned to camp and led his corps in the re-
markable campaign through the Caronas. AZ
| ter the surrender Of Johnston he marched his
| men to Alexandria and rode at their head in
| the grand review at Washington.
such, i'll brief, Is the military history of Cen
eral Logan. Was he not man who deserved
| well at the hands of his country? President
johnson offered him the Mexican mission, but
he declined it and posted of straight for his
home in Illinois.
AFTER TIE WAR.
War worn in a score of battles, flushed with
victory upon victory, and seeing the Confedcr
acy crumbling before the stout hacks of his
good sword. General Logan returned home to
| lind his native State overrun with copper
heads. >ympathizers with the traitors he had
led his brave soldiers against. What wonder
| that the gallant soldier burned with fierce in
| dgnation, and that he >tormed the ranks of
| the copperhcad> with all the fury and ven
geancc that he stormed the brstng ralnpartS
of Nick>burg. Illinois sent him to Congress
and kept him there until 1871. when he was
elected to the United States Senate. lie took
part in the impeachment trial of Andrew
johnson, and during his career in the House
| advocated all measures for the relief of SOL
derS and became one of the most popular
public men in the country.
PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS.
| of the United States. lie used all the re-
sources of his intellect and his influence TO at
tain this end. With Senators Conkling and
Cameron he organized and led the Grant stall
warts at the Chicago Convention of 1850 and
went down with the famous BOG before the al
| lied forces of Garfield and Blaine.
At the Republican Convention of 1884 Cen
cral Logan WAS Il candidate for the Presidency.
Iie was not. however, supported strongly out
side his own State, which was loyal to him to Il
HILL ulilH tHcl were lluuceu 10 JON lnc blalnc
| cohorts. As sort of consolation prize Cen
| eral Logan was given the nomination for the
Vice Presidency-a position which he did not
| care jot for. He accepted his defeat like a
| man and turned his attention to the Senatorial
| election. which he secured after Il noble >tr,l"-
| gle.
lie published his "IIi>tory of the Great Con-
| spiracy" about Il year ago, and ever since then
| employed his time in preparing for the next
| Presidential contest. In this he was ably see
onded by his accomplished wife, who long ago
| made herself power in the land.
| Who is his wife:
| She is most remarkable woman. whose his
| tory is a> follows:
i.uiAN's RIGHT HAND.
Fifteen miles north of Columbia, Mo-. upon
| the south bank of Silvcr'> Fork Creek nearly
| fifty years ago, stood a small village of not
| over fifty inhabitants, bearing the name of
| Petersburg. Long years ago it passed from
existence, and only few piles of brick remain
! to mark where once it stood. But brief and
| humble as was its history, it was the birth
place of no less person than Mrs. John A.
| Logan, whose fame rests not less upon the
| fact of being the wife of a distinguished can
| didate for the Presidency than upon her own
| remarkable talents often displayed in the
political arena in aid of her ambitious husband
| The house IN which she was born was Il hewcd
| log structure one story high, with one room in
| front and an l. room with passage between.
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| father, John Nj. Cunningham, was Il seller of
| dry goods. Th" child grew up and manifested
| surprising intelligence. In the language Of
| those who knew her she was "as smart as
| chain lightning" She was educated at the
| Convent of ST. Vincent, near MoryanieId. Ky.
| After leaving st. Vincent she returned to Mar
| ion, Ill.,, to which town her father had rcmov-
| ed There was in that place at this time a
| young attorney named John \. Logan, who
had but recently located there. Mr.. Cunning
| ham being popular politician, the two We're
| more or less thrown together, and how it came
about is not stated. but at any rate the Young
| attorney and the Captains daughter. Mary,
were in due course of time married This was
| in lS53. The bride was only sixteen years of
| age, but she at once became great help to her
| husband. She accompanied him on all his
professional journeys and all his political cam
| paiSns. She went with him to Washington
| when he was first elected to Congress, and re-
manned with him until he resigned his seat to
| 80 into the service of his country.
IN WAR AND IN POLITICS.
The war having commenced and Mr.. Logan
| having raised and been assigned to the COM
mand Of the Thirty-iir>t Illinois Volunteers,
| Mrs. Logan, with her child, then three years
| old. returned to her fathers home at Marion.
| The Illinois troops having been ordered into
| camp at Cairo Mrs. Logan joined her husband
| there. During the fierce battle of Belmont
| Mrs. Logan heard the booming of the guns
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the midst of painful and anxious suspense for
the safety of her own, of whom She felt he
was in the thickest of the conflict, she gave "A
helping hand to the care of the wounded and
| suffering soldiers as they were brought back
| from that bloody field
| When the army entered upon the Tennessee
River campaign Mrs. Logan again returned to
her home, but was soon. shocked by the news
| from DOntiSon that her husband had fallen at
| the head of his charging columns dangerously
| wounded. She fastened to the scene to care
| for her husband. For days it was Il struggle
| between life and DEATH At Memphis, in the
! winter of 1923, Mrs. Logan again joined her
| husband, now general and remained there
| until he led his troops in the campaign which
| ended in the surrender of NickSburg. During
| this time and to the end of the war Mrs. Logan
| remained at Carbondale, where, out of the
Generals salary they had bought an unprc-
| tentous home. Upon his return from the war
| General Logan was nominated by reclamation
| for Congressmal-at-Large. After his election
| Mrs. Logan returned to Washington. and has
| been one of the prominent figures in Washing
| ton society ever since.
SOME PERSONAL JOTrINGS.
Here are some pithy extracts from General
| Logan's war speeches and writings which are
| too good to omit =
| sit makes no difference whether you call me
| democrat, republican or abolitionist-as some
have of late named me. 1t does not change
my feelings, does not alter my action. ! am
| for my country every time-fOr my country
first, last and always-and am fighting for the
| right of that country to be numbered among
| the hOnOred nations of the earth. Until that is
| brought about and this rebellion crushed out